sterile

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈstɛɹəl/

Adjective

not-comparable figuratively US

Japanese Meaning

生殖能力がない、繁殖できない状態 / 簡潔で感情が乏しく、味気ない印象を与える様子

What is this buttons?

After the experimental procedure, the rabbits remained sterile and could not produce offspring.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

実験的な処置の後、そのウサギたちは依然として生殖能力がなく、子孫を残すことができませんでした。

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Sense（1）

(not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate).

According to that Cabaliſticall Dogma: If Abram had not had this Letter [i.e., ה (he)] added unto his Name he had remained fruitleſſe, and without the power of generation: […] So that being ſterill before, he received the power of generation from that meaſure and manſion in the Archetype; and was made conformable unto Binah.

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Sense（2）

(figuratively) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking.

Sense（3）

(figuratively) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive.

Sense（4）

Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.

a sterile kitchen table

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Sense（5）

Sense（6）

(US, military) Of weapons: foreign-made and untraceable to the United States.

An early CIA decision was to bring war surplus in Europe to the United States, rather than let it fall into the hands of left-wing movements. Some of the guns would also, it was reasoned, be useful as "sterile" weapons (foreign-made and untraceable to the United States) to be provided secretly to foreign friends.

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